DesignSingapore Council

Walking on water: Seeing Singapore anew after a job switch to design

The writer has become much struck by the pervasiveness of design, whether in the national narrative or our personal lives.

BookTalk: Atelier Hoko co-founder Clara Koh recommends design books

Artist and designer Clara Koh, co-founder of independent research laboratory Atelier Hoko, is inspired by books by Bruno Munari and Georges Perec.

PHOTO: ATELIER HOKO

Design News: Harvey Norman opens at Lot One, design a Smeg fridge, Gardens by the Bay’s rose display

The grand opening of Harvey Norman at Lot One. The store is spread across 1,300 sq m on Level 3 of the neighbourhood mall.

Why it’s time Singapore has a Design Museum

Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong recently announced the possibly establishing a Design Museum at the historic St Joseph’s Institution site.

Singapore designers celebrate SG60 in Milan with Future Impact showcase

Crowds at the opening event of Future Impact 3: Design Nation on Monday April 8, 2025. PHOTO: Stefano Masse

Old SJI building could house new Singapore Design Museum

St Joseph's Institution building was the former site of the Singapore Art Museum.

Where AI meets design: Leveraging the unfamiliar as a business differentiator

Professor Tai Lee Siang, deputy president and chief innovation and enterprise officer at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The veteran architect and urban designer by training believes that if AI is used cleverly, it can speedily cut through many unknowns.

How do we go from everyday creative thinking to ground-breaking?

Our youths excel in standardised tests on creativity, but feel inadequate to tackle unstructured tasks that require the same skill., says the writer.

All SUTD students to graduate with new design accreditation from 2024

According to SUTD, this is the first time worldwide that all degrees in a university have been design accredited.

S’pore should be global design heavyweight like New York and London: DesignSingapore’s Dawn Lim

awdesign - Ms Dawn Lim is the DesignSingapore Council's (DSG) new executive director who assumed her role in 2022.
One of her goals is to help local designers embrace global trends such as sustainability and technology in their work, and to have Singapore be seen as a city that is on par with other design-heavyweights such as the US and Europe.

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